Backbenchers rout Cabinet on law to deny DNA data

March 8, 2017

Liberal backbenchers combined with the Consevaive opposition to gave the Trudeau government a sound defeat in the Commons on a law to permit anyone to block the release of his DNA information. The political.term is “genetic discrimination” but it amounts to a ban on the discloure of DNA information to doctors who say they can advance medical science if they have such results. The law does not effect Criminal Code permisson for accused parties to provide a DNA sample. CBC